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Lizard canary basics, part 8: over-year birds

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Pity the poor Lizard canary, a victim of the fleeting beauty of youth.  From October to July the Lizard is a real dandy, exquisitely patterned, beautifully presented, and then . . . the glory fades and the precision is lost . . . it becomes an over-year! ... Read More
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Bird’s eye view: the Roller canary (Cage & Aviary Birds 02.03.16)

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In 1921 Hans Duncker was taking a walk and heard a nightingale sing.  Two things struck him as extraordinary: firstly it was August, long past the season when nightingales sang; secondly he was in the middle of Bremen, his home town.  The explanation, when he discovered it, was even more extraordinary. ... Read More
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History, part 5: the Huguenot legend and the comfort of opinion

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The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived and dishonest – but the myth – persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort […]... Read More
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History, part 4: the Last of France

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Before anyone familiar with the Pre-Raphaelites (1) points it out, the illustration above has nothing to with France and was painted in a different era from the great Huguenot exodus, which is the subject of this post. Yet, when you try to understand what emigration meant to real people; their commitment, their emotions, this painting […]... Read More